Happy Holidays from the Louisiana Research Collection

Happy Holidays from the Louisiana Research Collection! 

Finding handwritten recipes scrawled on scrap paper makes LaRC employees especially happy. These items are unique because they provide a link to history that you can pull out of your oven. Please enjoy this selection of photographs, memorabilia, and recipes from collections, including newly added local Louisiana cookbooks, and enjoy a safe holiday season.

Photo of Menorah Sale at Hanukkah Bazaar, not dated, JewishChildren's Home records, Manuscripts Collection 180, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118

“The Christmas Cake” from Big Mama’s Old Black PotRecipes

Household accounts notebook, 1843-1853, Manuscripts Collection M-103, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118

“Chanukkah in America,” Communal Hebrew School records, Manuscripts Collection 834, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118

Christmas Party photograph, Phoenix Utility Company records, Manuscripts Collection 228, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118

“Cajun Chanukah Latkes” from Kosher Cajun Cookbook

"Electric Bubbling Dreidel" advertisement, Communal Hebrew School records, Manuscripts Collection 834, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118

“Christmas Pie” from River Road Recipes

"Fruit Cake" recipe, 1909, Clara J. Keep recipes, Manuscripts Collection 513, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118

Latter Memorial Library at Christmas, not dated, Hermann Bacher Deutsch papers, Manuscripts Collection 130, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

“Oma’s Lebkuchen Cookies” from A Louisiana Christmas

Hanukkah bazaar photograph, not dated, Jewish Children's Homerecords, Manuscripts Collection 180, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118

Christmas card, Berthe Amoss papers, Manuscripts Collection 808, Louisiana Research Collection,

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.